/**
 * KopsoxFramework
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.kopsox.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.kopsox.validation.Validateable;

/**
 * This is only a marker interface and is used by the ValueContainer
 * 
 * @author Konrad Renner - 24.06.2010
 * @param <T> 
 *
 */
public interface ValidateableValue<T extends Serializable> extends Value<T>, Validateable {

	/**
	 * This method changes a Value. Before changing, the Validators are called.<br>
	 * 
	 * @param value
	 * @return ValidateableValue<T>
	 */
	public ValidateableValue<T> changeValue(final T value);
	
	/**
	 * This flag tells if the Value was changed
	 * 
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public boolean isDirty();
}
